Ken Loach’s final film opens tonight

The true story of Jimmy Gralton’s mission to energise a rural community in 1930s Ireland by opening a dance hall

30 May 2014

In an effort to heal divisions in his community and forget about the misery and destruction of the recent civil war, Jimmy Gralton decides to open a community centre/youth club/free school/dance club in his small village of County Leitrim, Ireland.

To the public he is a hero, but the church sees his efforts as ‘communism’ and an attempt to side-line religion in the village's cultural life.